Kellie Leitch and the Anti-Canadian Cons
In my last post I looked at how Kellie Leitch was discovered discreetly cooking up a new/nouveau batch of her foul cultural barbarism brew.By stirring up the idea that immigrants…
September 2016
On Corporate Plundering
H/t makaycartoons.netHaving written previously on the breath-taking legalized theft of our groundwater made possible by an Ontario Liberal government that has yet to meet a corporate entity it doesn't love,…
What Is Reasonable?
Last week, the European Commission slapped Apple with a $14.5 billion bill for back taxes. Apple CEO Tim Cook said that Apple had worked out a deal with the Republic…
Should we screen immigrAnts for ‘Anti-CanadiAnt values?’
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kellie-leitch-survey-question-1.3744948
Should we screen immigrAnts for ‘Anti-CanadiAnt values?’
Satire inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kellie-leitch-survey-question-1.3744948
Watching the Prime Minister suck and blow.
One of these days, our dear prime minister is going to have to make some decisions. Watching him doing selfies while trying for an even higher approval rating is getting…
The Talk Disability Parents Want With Doctors
In the early days of our therapeutic journey with Nick, it was clear to me that any show of love or grief diminished my power. In meetings with the treatment…
labour day readers’ advisory: books and movies that celebrate labour
I spoke to a customer yesterday who was visiting from Denmark. He described himself as a trade-unionist, and he came to the library, looking for me, to learn about our…
David Suzuki: In diversity, there is strength
World-renowned Canadian scientist, broadcaster, activist and author David Suzuki explains how life has "fluctuated and flourished because of the resilience conferred by diversity" over millennia. The post David Suzuki: In…
Musical interlude
54-40 - Love You All
Musical interlude
54-40 - Love You All
Election Reform Town Halls in Alberta
As a committee of Members of Parliament study, discuss and debate potential changes to Canada’s federal electoral system, three Alberta MPs are scheduled to hold town hall meetings in their…
David Suzuki: Cultural and Ecosystem Diversity Key to Resilience
It’s been shocking to watch news of the Brexit vote in Britain, Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S. and the ongoing threats and violence…
David Suzuki: Cultural and Ecosystem Diversity Key to Resilience
It’s been shocking to watch news of the Brexit vote in Britain, Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S. and the ongoing threats and violence…
Another Collus conspiracy debunked
As a former reporter and editor, I always feel a twinge of satisfaction when I read a well-written story in the local appears that gets all of its facts right.…
Our Paradoxical Species
Anyone who reads this blog regularly probably knows that I am something of a cynic when it comes to our species. Sure, there are many exceptions, but as a whole,…
Our Paradoxical Species
Anyone who reads this blog regularly probably knows that I am something of a cynic when it comes to our species. Sure, there are many exceptions, but as a whole,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Armine Yalnizyan writes that the response to the European Commission's finding that Apple has dodged $20 billion in taxes may tell us all we…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Armine Yalnizyan writes that the response to the European Commission's finding that Apple has dodged $20 billion in taxes may tell us all we…